Job 35

1 Igitur Eliu hæc rursum locutus est:

Elihu spoke moreover, and said,

2 Numquid æqua tibi videtur tua cogitatio, ut diceres: Iustior sum Deo?

Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God's?

3 Dixisti enim: Non tibi placet quod rectum est: vel quid tibi proderit, si ego peccavero?

For thou saidst, What advantage will it be to thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?

4 Itaque ego respondebo sermonibus tuis, et amicis tuis tecum.

I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

5 Suspice cælum et intuere, et contemplare æthera quod altior te sit.

Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds [which] are higher than thou.

6 Si peccaveris, quid ei nocebis? et si multiplicatæ fuerint iniquitates tuæ, quid facies contra eum?

If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or [if] thy transgressions are multiplied, what doest thou to him?

7 Porro si iuste egeris, quid donabis ei, aut quid de manu tua accipiet?

If thou art righteous, what givest thou to him? or what receiveth he from thy hand?

8 Homini, qui similis tui est, nocebit impietas tua: et filium hominis adiuvabit iustitia tua.

Thy wickedness [may hurt] a man as thou [art]: and thy righteousness [may profit] the son of man.

9 Propter multitudinem calumniatorum clamabunt: et eiulabunt propter vim brachii tyrannorum.

By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make [the oppressed] to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

10 Et non dixit: Ubi est Deus, qui fecit me, qui dedit carmina in nocte,

But none saith, Where [is] God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

11 Qui docet nos super iumenta terræ, et super volucres cæli erudit nos?

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

12 Ibi clamabunt, et non exaudiet, propter superbiam malorum.

There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

13 Non ergo frustra audiet Deus, et Omnipotens causas singulorum intuebitur.

Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

14 Etiam cum dixeris: Non considerat: iudicare coram illo, et expecta eum.

Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in him.

15 Nunc enim non infert furorem suum, nec ulciscitur scelus valde.

But now, because [it is] not [so], he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth [it] not in great extremity:

16 Ergo Iob frustra aperit os suum, et absque scientia verba multiplicat.

Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.